Compound for preventing cannibalism in chickens



fiatented Sept. 13, 1932 UNITED STATES JOHN A. LOCKWOOD, on F'ILLMOR QnEWTo K comrounn FOR PREVENTING cANNIBAtIsM IN cn'rcn'nns i 2N0 Drawing.

' sore and the blood with the result that the injured chicken is finally killed.

The compound embodying the present invention has for its primary object to prevent this practice and in addition to provide a healing preparation for the sore to which it is applied.

Another object of the invention is to provide a compound for the above described purpose which will have the appearance of blood, it being applied to the sores which have developed upon the chicken and also to other parts of the chickens body so that other chickens will peek at the medicine in the belief that it is blood from the body of the injured chicken and the compound has therein substances which will be distasteful to the chickens so that when the chickens which have had a taste of the compound again see an injured chicken they will be restrained from pecking it for fear of getting the unpleasant taste associated with the supposed blood which they had previously tasted.

The compound embodying the present invention has as its principal ingredient the chemical chlorazene or chloramine, the correct chemical name for which is para-toluenesodium-sulphochloramide. This chemical acts as an antiseptic and healing agent and also imparts together with the other ingredients an unpleasant taste to the compound.

The compound when prepared for use is of a rather stiif or viscid character so that it will readily adhere to the body and feathers of the chicken to which it is applied.

Application filed July 22, isaa lseria n 469,936. i"

PATENT OFFICE I m u wing e am n for approiiig mately eighteen ounces of the compound; o.

Chloraniine U. S. P 28 grains Glycerineruh, 6 fluid ounces Valerian extract 1 ounce Garbo'lic acid{ 2 drops Creosote 4 drops Tincture of iodine fluid ounce Tincture of aconite f V fluid ounce Red vermilion 3 ounces Plaster of Paris very fine) 7 ounces r In the mixing or compounding of the preparation 'thechloramine is dissolved in the glycerine with the aid of heat. As soon as solution ofjthe fchlora'nn'ne is obtained the Valerian extract,'fcarbolicacid, creosote, tincture of'iodine and tincture of aconite are stirred in',fin the order named. The two powders Vermilion and plaster of Paris, having been previously mixed, are then 'incorporated in the liquid. r r

'The'glycerine is employed as a solvent and i also for the reason that it keeps theprepara tionfluid ormoist over "a relatively long period, of timegand also "foruthe reason that it; will readily adhere to the feathers and to the skin of the chicken and'will mix"free 1y with the blood'in a wound to which-it'mayl be applied, itfiha'ving beenfound in actual practice that the compound has'remaincdlon a chicken feather to which it is applied for a period of approximately four weeks Without drying out and without losing its ap pearance of partly congealed blood.

The Valerian is used because of its peculiar- I ly offensive odor and taste, it being distasteful to the majority of farm animals and fowls.

The carbolic acid and creosote are also discomfort which may otherwise result from irritation of a wound by the other ingredients 2 j T i 1,877,676

of the preparation. The Vermilion, of course, is used to give to the compound a blood red color and the plaster of Paris I gives body to the compound.

' The combination of elements set forth in this compound have produced as a result of actual experiments results in the healing of wounds to which applied which is more than the sum total of the results which would 10 be obtained if used separately.

In addition to this the ingredients in combination give a compound which is particularly distastefulto fowls and after they have once tasted the same they will be deterred from again peeking at anythingresemblin blood upon another chicken, the vermilion o' the compound-giving to it a marked resem+ blance to blood.

In addition to the fact that certain of the elements of the compound are in themselves distasteful and in addition to the fact that certain of the elements are in themselves healing to wounds it is believed that there is a union of several of the ingredients, particularlythe chloramine, iodine and creosote which improves thehealing qualities of the compound and also adds to the distastefulness of the same to the chickens; 7

Having thus described my invention, whatl. A blood simulating compound of the character and for the purpose described, comprising a semi-fluid body of a character to adhere to the feathers and body of a chicken,

colored to represent blood and having chloramine as the principal ingredient.

2. blood simulating compound of the character and for the purpose described, comprisinga semi-fluid body made up of plaster 49 of Paris and glycerine forming a base, a blood like coloring material, and a substance of disagreeabletaste to fowls, having chlora mine as the principal ingredient.

d 3. A compound of the character and for the purpose described comprising a blood -colored non-drying, semi-fluid body of a character to adhere to the feathers and skin of iowl's, and a substance disagreeable to the taste of fowls incorporated therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifixmy signature.

' JOHN LOCKWOOD. 

